PROXY 2.0About Levi Moore
Levi B. Moore, Jr. is a public sector veteran with more than 20 years of experience in government relations, public sector and not-for-profit management, public policy and business communications. Although his career has primarily centered around Illinois state government, he has also worked extensively with municipal governments, with federal government agencies and in international trade.
That background is supplemented with working knowledge as a small business operator and advisor to large businesses to give him a unique and lucid perspective on how to help public - sector, private-sector and non-profit clients. This is particularly valuable to clients with atypical and/or complex needs and issues.
In addition to operating the PROXY 2.0 government relations/business communications consulting practice, Moore is involved in four other professional endeavors:
þ He is the President of the Technology Education & Training Foundation (TETF), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to fostering the technology industry workforce by addressing the “digital divide”, technology illiteracy and the “cyber-ceiling” that impacts minorities and women in the technology industry;
þ He is one of two Principals of the Communications Network Development Partnership (CNDP), a consulting entity that provides community-based telecommunications services such as infrastructure audits and network development strategies;
þ He is the Illinois Statehouse correspondent for the national E-news service Examiner.com, providing a regular column on Illinois government issues; and
þ He serves part-time as the Executive Director of the National Veterans Art Museum (NVAM.org).
Prior to starting PROXY 2.0 in 2000, Moore was a Vice-President and Board Secretary for the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce, serving as the primary Chicago-metropolitan area and federal lobbyist and Chicago media spokesperson. He was also responsible for overseeing the association’s international trade, communications and job training programs.
Moore joined the Chamber after serving in Illinois Governor Jim Edgar’s cabinet as the Assistant Director of the state’s primary economic development agency, the Department of Commerce & Community Affairs (DCCA). He was responsible for managing the Chicago office operations, serving as the agency’s primary Chicago media spokesperson, championing business advocacy and directly overseeing the large business attraction, small business development, business financing, OSHA and foreign investment trade activities. This was actually Moore’s second stint in Illinois state government, initially starting as a Marketing Representative for DCCA in Southwestern Illinois.
The balance of Moore’s professional background includes working as a Senior Associate for Korn/Ferry International, Radio/Video Program Coordinator for East St. Louis, IL School District #189 and co-owner of his family’s kitchen cabinet manufacturing business - Model Woodcraft.
In terms of education, Moore has B.S. degree in journalism from Northwestern University with graduate-level work in political science. Although he has spent the majority of his adult life in Chicago, he is a native of the St. Louis metropolitan area (Metro-East) and can tout extensive global travel as an enhancement to his personal and professional ife.
